Employer branding: what we should look for in a job??????
ABSTRACT
Everybody is seeking for good jobs. Employment is first concern for the society now a days. Working in a reputed institution has become a status symbol as well. As we are choosing any product by checking their credibility through the brand image they are having, in the same way people are seeking for jobs in the organizations having good brand image in the market. Employer brand is the image which helps the organization in attracting good talent in the market. After liberalization in 1991 and subsequent economic reforms, Indian companies has understand the concept of employer branding and started investing for the same so that they can beat national and international competition and also can grow in world market. Employer brand is something which confirms that the organization is good to work for. The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual background, factors of employer branding and also to discuss the policies which makes the organization good to work for. The study can
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At that time it was observed that there was no such strategy employers were adopting. The concept of Employer Branding started and most of the employers were in a planning to formulate some strategies to work upon the Employer Branding so that they can attract more and more talent.
Dr P Chitramani and Ms Deepa S., in 2013, presented a case study of Employer Branding of IT companies in India. The case study method was adopted to study various initiatives taken by selected IT companies of India to build strong Employer Brand among the people. Only three companies TCS, Infosys, and Wipro was taken under study and it was found that for last five years the trend of CSR activities has increased to build the Brand and to stand out from other competitors in the
There are, all, the company must create a brand identity for the brand, as a person, as an organization, as a product, as a symbol etc. Aaker (1996)
Employer Branding initiatives are used to portray the company as an ‘Employer of Choice’; one that actually upholds the EEO principles and not just sham concern for them.
Maintaining the employment brand/image of how one perceives the hospital is vital not only for current internal employees and future external applicants but for patients, as well. The brand/image of the hospital has an economic and social impact on the organization (Florea & Mihai,
As an example, Picture 1 is Disney College’s poster that appeals people to study at the Academy and work with the company after graduated. And Picture 2 and 3 are Invitations of company to work with them. Employment branding is not only advertising goods of the company but also providing public access to the company's business philosophy. And it may be possible to influence the creation of public and youth to feel good and may want to work with a company when they graduate.
The term employment brand denotes the way a firm’s prospective applicants, recruits, and current staff members perceive its employer. It is the standing of an establishment and its value proposition to current and future employees. According to App, Merk and Buttgen (2012) sustainable human resource practices can be linked to an employer brand through a package of economic, psychological
Before you can learn much about how to use personal branding for a competitive edge, it's important to have an understanding of what personal branding is. Fortunately, it's possible to take a look at the way many successful people have used personal branding to get a feel for what it is and how it can work for you.
Use of company branding in the marketing mixIntroduction.The JB HI-FI company brand has established itself as a leader amongst Australian home entertainment retail stores. Their philosophy has always been to provide Australians with the cheapest prices and biggest range. As a value player in the entertainment electronics retail market, JB HI-FI has continued its’ marketing theme of “Cheapest Prices Always”. Having grown from ten retail outlets in 1999, JB HI-FI now has 141 stores (Australia: 131 NZ: 10) with $2.731 billion of sales for the year ended 30 June 2010. JB Hi Fi is Australia’s largest home entertainment discount destination store. For over thirty years their philosophy has always been to provide Australians with the cheapest
This recent reality, combined with globalization, is forcing companies to forge new kinds of relationships with buyers and countries. The financial valuation of companies are taking ever greater account of intangible elements, such as brands, patents and the company’s general image, with companies being bound to take account of these things in an effort to satisfy their shareholders. Environmental protection has become a highly motivating factor, and companies are being pressed to identify stakeholders with whom to team up. With brand value and reputation increasingly being seen as one of a company’s most valuable assets, CSR is now seen as building loyalty and trust amongst shareholders, employees and customers ( Tssa, (n.d.)).
Most job-seekers are not proactive in establishing and building their career brand, letting their actions speak for them when seeking promotions or new jobs. But why not take the time to master some very basic tactics that can help build your career brand and make you a much more attractive employee or job-seeker? Remember, if you don't brand yourself, others will for you. And while you may be happy and secure in your job now, you really never know when that will change.
Realistic Recruitment Message – shows how the company operates and how the job requirements really
For a company to succeed in the modern world, branding is something you must get right. Logo plays a key role in branding and it’s important for any business to get it right. Of course, having a good logo is not enough alone – you also need to be showing it off at every opportunity. For this, events are full of great branding opportunities.
With the spread of social marketing and CSR in the world, organizations tend to not only consider the consumers’ demands and the companies’ profit, but also take the consumers’ and societies’ long-term benefit into account. Hildebrand,D,et,al (2011) demonstrated that the CSR activities can make up the central, special and core characteristics of the company identity, the identification of the corporate can also be aroused due to CSR activities. Moreover, Porter and Kramer (2006) highlighted that CSR can aid companies create the ability to achieve corporate resource so as to build a sustainable and defensible competitive position. So the companies should consciously undertake corporate social responsibility.
Evidence to supposition: - The aforementioned presumption being given by the creator is valid in nature and I concur with aforementioned statement. Since administrations gave are impalpable which we all know exceptionally well. Anyhow, when we contrasted it with an item acquired and inn industry is constantly seen as an administration situated industry that why it has got an abnormal state of elusiveness moreover, the item gave to the client 's making quality discernments in the psyches of clients. In lodging industry where the elusiveness is dependably on the skyscraper, demonstrating the clients an enormous brand or logo with institutionalized office, it generally support the inn in minimizing the impalpability in the brains of clients. Brand name is continually making an illustration to be known as an advantage for the organization which it generally groups. (Cross and Walker, 1987) There are brands like Quality International which re-named themselves and created themselves in different divisions to grow its image name through mindfulness in the business sector inside the business (Jiang, Dev and Rao, 2002).
CSR can improve the company’s reputation and branding and this in turn improves the prospects for the company to be more effective to attract new customers and increase market share.
In this study, analysis of management and customer perspectives on various branding elements used in the Indian retail banking industry was conducted. Based on responses in table 1-A and Table 2-A, gaps were identified in five out of seven brand elements namely Bank logo, Bank advertisements, Bank atmosphere, Bank general communication and Bank personal communication, as shown in Table 3. No gap was found for 2 branding parameters - Bank name and Bank appeal. The gap analysis method showed that while brand practitioners have positive perspectives regarding how their customers view the banks’ brand, it is strikingly different from what customers are thinking. So while bankers are very confident regarding projection of their